Ethics

Bybee's Private Regrets

By Ed Brayton

The Washington Post quotes friends of Judge Jay Bybee, one of the authors of various memos narrowly defining torture and justifying its use while working at the Office of Legal Counsel, saying that he has privately expressed regret over those memos. Speaking of a gathering Bybee had with his former law clerks:

Five years along in his new life as a federal judge, Bybee gathered the lawyers and their dates for a reunion, telling them he was proud of the legal work they had together produced.

And then, according to two of his guests, Bybee added that he wished he could say the same about his previous position.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 29, 2009 (boomark / email).